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jonny_bass26 · 09-27-18, 03:45 AM

Hi all,

Playing SH4 (1.5 with RFB, RSRDC) and, after completing a "troop insertion" mission, was then assigned a pilot resuce mission just off Timor (within about a mile of the shore). So I mosied on over, parked myself on the exact spot of the "lifebuoy" icon and...nothing. Not a sausage. Used external camera to look around a bit, still nothing. My question is, roughly how big is the area I need to search? Put another way: how far might I be finding pilots from the on-map icon? And do your lookouts see them (and alert you) when you're close enough, or is it all manual searching?

Thanks in advance :-)

09-27-18, 03:45 AM	#1
jonny_bass26 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 48 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Finding pilots in "rescue" missions...search radius? Hi all, Playing SH4 (1.5 with RFB, RSRDC) and, after completing a "troop insertion" mission, was then assigned a pilot resuce mission just off Timor (within about a mile of the shore). So I mosied on over, parked myself on the exact spot of the "lifebuoy" icon and...nothing. Not a sausage. Used external camera to look around a bit, still nothing. My question is, roughly how big is the area I need to search? Put another way: how far might I be finding pilots from the on-map icon? And do your lookouts see them (and alert you) when you're close enough, or is it all manual searching? Thanks in advance :-)